Button-protector.



0. F. SCHEFFER & 1. Z IMMEBMAN.

BUTTON PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 5; |9|5.

' Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

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-To-allwhom it y na y concern.

Be it l rnown that we, CARLFQSGHEFFE'R,

a citizen-f the United States, and 'JosEPrI ZTMMERMAN, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery Button-Protectors, a specification. v This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in button protectors- In cleaning establishments, buttons which are not removed from the garments are frequently broken through forceful contact with the stationary and moving-elements of;

of. which the following is the apparatusand machines which receive.:

0f thencontract around the threads-,which 1 hold thebea-ds to the :hood Land thereby f'firmly secure the spring 8 to the latter. It .is to be understood,however, that. We are them in the process of cleaning and reno vating. So great has been the injury to all kinds of buttons from the above cau's eythat many. dry cleaners and laundries employ girls whose sole'duty it is to remove the buttons from the garments before the clean-m ing and renovating operations are started. lVhen this is done, great care must be taken to see that the buttons are not lost or broken 7 after removal, since buttons-of special de secured thereto.

.of the protector. Fig. 4: is

sign andrare material are difficult toreplace.

It is therefore the principalobjectof our. invention to overcome the above difficulties, at far less expense, by providing a soft and pliable protector for the button to save it from injury while the garment to'which it is secured, is in the possession of the cleaner. This protector may be readily applied to, and removed from any sized button, thus making it unnecessary to'reinove the latter from the garment while it is being cleaned or-renovated. p

The preferred form of embodiment of our invention is illustrated in, thGjEtCCOlH: panying drawings, of, which Figure 1 is a bottom plan view, partly in section, of our button protector. Fig. Q'isa plan view of a garment to one button of which ourprotector has been applied. Fig. 3 is aside view button hood before the coil spring'has been And Fig. 5 is a sectional. view taken on the line a;t of Fig. 2, show-' ing the position of the protectoron a button.

Throughout the specification and draw ings, like reference characters refer to corresponding parts.

In the embodiment of our invention shown in the drawings, the numeral 1 des ignates a hood or cap constructed of fabric B TroN-rRorno ron. I V H v 7' Specification of Letters 1 atent. i A plicationfired na 15,;19i1; seriaiimwrm f].

V edge and State of Ohlo, have 1n- Vented a new and useful Improvement in a side view of the a Our 5, having a body portion which completely surrounds the headof the button after its portion, which is; extensible, has beenslipped over the button'head and then con- 1 tractedwaround the button shank orthread which secures the button to the garment.

2T0 i-mpart rigidity as well as flexibility to .the edge plortionn-of theQhood 1, :there. .is-secured thereto, preferably bymeans of beads aqci'rcumferential-coil spring Tl'ielse'beads are preferably threaded to the oute1 edge a of the :hood' sothat itheymay enter between the coils of the springs 8 when the latter-are drawn apart: The coils there:

not confined to this method of securing the spring to the hood l,as any other suitable means for. so doing is within the spiritzof' our invention.

I The hood .1 is now ready to be applied to a'button to. protect the latter. from injury a as it accompanies the-garment through the cleaning orrenovatingoperations.' Figs. 21

and of thedrawingssho'w a-garment 4 protector. It will be observed that'thecoil spring is contracted'around the shank of the button to a diameter of less length than fpartsof the cleaning apparatus, as well as a shield to prevent buttons with jagged points and edges from tearing lace and other flimsy garments duringthecleaning or renovating process.

with one of'its buttons 5 covered by our cushion to break the 9-5 It may likewise beapplied to weightswhi'ch, during the cleaningoper-..

ation, will often wear throughthe jacket or othei-"garment containing them. It is al- I inostjimpossible'to remove these weights be fore the cleaning process is started, and I when one wears through, thegarm'e nt which contained it is likely to'hang'lopsided to the annoyance of the wearer. p protector may be made to fit any sized buttons, so that none need be removed before the cured, start through the clean ng" or renovating' processes.

garments to which they are se-v We do not wish to be limited O- jh dietaii I a button, an extenslble edge portion on 'said' Copies of this patent maybe. obtained for of construction and arrangement herein shown and described, and any changes'or modifications may be made there1n-W1th1nf the scope o'f the subjoined claims.

Having described our inventlon, We claim 1 A protector for the buttons of garments While the latter arebeing cleaned or renovated, comprising a flexible hood for the hood adapted to be readily slipped over-the button headand-contracted beneath it, and

resilient means secured to sand edge portion.

tofgive rigidity thereto.

2. A protector for the buttons of garments while the latter are being cleaned or reno vated,comprising a flexible hood for the button, large and loose above the head of the latter, an extensible edge portion on said hood adapted tobe readily slipped over the button headandcontracted beneath it, and

a resilient element united to said edge .portion to give rigidity thereto. a a f 3. Arprotector for the buttons of garments While 'thelatter are being cleaned or reno-' V vated, comprising a flexible hood for the button, large and loose above the head of the latter, an extensible edge portion on said hood adapted to be readily slip oed over the ,buttonvhead and contracted beneath it, and

a circumferential coil spring united to said edge portion to give rigidity thereto.

LA "protector for the buttons of garments While, the latter are being cleaned or renovated, comprising a flexible hoodrfor the button, an extensible; edge portion on' between the coils of said spring to firmly unite the latter to, the hood.'

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands this 12th day of May, A. D.

CARL F. Y SCHEFFER. JOSEPH ZIMMERMAN.

\Vitness'es:

D. h/Lfioivn, Howann S. SMITH.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of I a/cents,

Washington, D, G. 

